diff --git a/doc/release-notes/3437-new-index-api-added.md b/doc/release-notes/3437-new-index-api-added.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2f40c65073f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/3437-new-index-api-added.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +(this API was added as a side feature of the pr #10222. the main point of the pr was an improvement in the OAI set housekeeping logic, I believe it's too obscure part of the system to warrant a relase note by itself. but the new API below needs to be announced). + +A new Index API endpoint has been added allowing an admin to clear an individual dataset from Solr. + diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/solr-search-index.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/solr-search-index.rst index 4c71ef9d4a8..3f7b9d5b547 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/solr-search-index.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/solr-search-index.rst @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ To re-index a dataset by its database ID: Clearing a Dataset from Solr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This API will clear the Solr entry for the dataset specified. It can be useful if you have reasons to stop showing a published dataset in search results and/or on Collection pages, but don't want to destroy and purge it from the database just yet. +This API will clear the Solr entry for the dataset specified. It can be useful if you have reasons to want to hide a published dataset from showing in search results and/or on Collection pages, but don't want to destroy and purge it from the database just yet. ``curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8080/api/admin/index/datasets/``